Colleges on the Brink: The Case for Financial Exigency - Hardcover

by Charles M. Ambrose (Author), Michael T. Nietzel (Author)

The book comprehensively examines financial exigency, including its history and current status in higher education. It includes a case history about how exigency can help restore the financial integrity of economically distressed colleges.

Author Biography

Charles M. Ambrose is senior consultant for higher education strategy with Husch Blackwell. He's served as a university president, chancellor and CEO at Pfeiffer University, University of Central Missouri, the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, and Henderson State University. He's held senior positions at Carson-Newman College, Western Carolina University, and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. He also serves on Furman University's Board of Trustees.

Michael Nietzel is the former president of Missouri State University. Prior to that, he was Dean of the Graduate School and Provost at the University of Kentucky. After retirement from Missouri State, Nietzel served as senior policy advisor to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and was later Deputy Director of the Missouri Department of Mental Health. Since 2019, he's been a Senior Contributor to Forbes online, writing on higher education.